A man injured in a crash that ended a police chase Thursday said he feels lucky he wasn't more seriously hurt.

A man injured in a crash that ended a police chase Thursday said he feels lucky he wasn't more seriously hurt.

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Updated: 6:23 PM EST Jan 23, 2015

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WEBVTT THE DRIVER OF THE TRUCK HE CRASHED INTO. DAVID GIVENS SAYS HE'S BANGED UP, BUT IF HE PULLED INTO THE INTERSECTION A SECOND EARLIER THINGS COULD HAVE BEEN MUCH WORSE. I WAS AT THE INTERSECTION AND I DON'T REALLY REMEMBER TOO MUCH. DAVID GIVENS SAYS HE WAS KNOCKED COLD BY THE IMPACT OF THE CRASH. HE SAYS HE WAS PULLING OUT INTO THE INTERSEX NEAR SECOND STREET AND QUEEN CITY AVENUE WHEN HE WAS BROADSIDED BY A MAN WHO AUTHORITIES SAY WAS RUNNING FROM POLICE IN A STOLEN CAR. SOMEBODY HAD COME TO MY CAR, A COUPLE PEOPLE THERE HELPED ME AND EXPLAINED TO ME WHAT HAD HAPPENED. I BASICALLY JUST NEEDED A SECOND TO FIGURE OUT WHERE I WAS. POLICE SAY THE DRIVER OF THE STOLEN CAR WAS 46-YEAR-OLD PAUL FRESCONA, THE 2006 HONDA WAS REPORTED MISSING EARLIER IN THE DAY. AUTHORITIES SAY BEDFORD POLICE ATTEMPTED TO PULL FRESCONA OVER WHEN HE TOOK OFF AND CRASHED. OFFICER TYLER ARRIVED ON SCENE AND TERMED THAT THE INDIVIDUAL DRIVING MAY HAVE CONSUMED ALCOHOL, SO THEY CONDUCTED THEIR TEST TO THE BEST OF THEIR ABILITIES BASED ON THE FACT THE MAN WAS INJURED. HE EVENTUALLY WAS CHARGED WITH AGGRAVATED OPERATING UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF LIQUOR, AMONG OTHER CHARGES. FRASCONA IS STILL HOSPITALLED AND HAS YET TO APPEAR BEFORE A JUDGE. POLICE SAY THERE WAS A PASSENGER IN HIS CAR THAT WAS ALSO HURT BUT NOT CHARGED WITH ANY CRIME. GIVENS SAYS HE HAS A SORE SHOULDER AND SPRAINED NECK BUT SAYS HE FEELS LUCKY. I'M GLAD IT TURNED OUT THE WAY IT DID, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN, YOU KNOW, I'M BANGED UP, BUT IT COULD HAVE BEEN A LITTLE KID OR MY KIDS COULD HAVE BEEN IN THE CAR. A SECOND EARLIER, YOU KNOW, I WOULDN'T BE HERE RIGHT NOW. SO I'M GLAD, NOT GLAD THAT IT HAPPENED, BUT I'M GLAD IT TURNED OUT THE WAY IT DID. FRESCONA FACE TWO FELONY

Victim in crash following police chase says he's lucky

A man injured in a crash that ended a police chase Thursday said he feels lucky he wasn't more seriously hurt.